"Fuck," said Rev.
She lashed her tongue on his flesh. His spicy, salty taste filled her mouth and nose. It tasted so good she moved lower to under his balls and licked sensitive skin. Rev muttered. His cock was rock hard and leaking pre-cum. She took his cock in her hand, palming the sensitive head, rubbing it while licking his balls.
"Stop, it's too good." he said.
"What if I don't want to?"
"I'll come," he said.
"Good," she said. She took his shaft into her mouth, savoring his taste, loving the feel of his hard cock in her mouth. With these thoughts, her nipples hardened, and her clit tingled. Yes, she loved doing this, giving him this pleasure.
It was so hot to take him with her mouth; her tongue did things to him that other body parts couldn't. His hips jerked under her.
"Close, so close," he gasped.
She took as much of him as she could, one hand at the base of his shaft, but feeling her own excitement rise, she used her other hand on herself, digging her fingers in on either side of her sensitive clit. She bobbed her head on Rev's cock, matching the rhythm with her fingers. She demanded satisfaction from her body.
"Fuck!" uttered Rev as he erupted in her mouth. He spurted his seed in four different shots. The cum filled her mouth. She swallowed it down. Her own orgasm came over her at the same time.
"Rev!" she cried. "Oh God, I love you!"
She collapsed her head on his stomach as Rev tenderly put his arms around her shoulders.
"You continue to amaze me each day."
Tracy had thought that one episode was going to be enough for Rev, but she was wrong. He attacked her with a ferociousness that approached the fervor of the Staukub at the mining camp. Only this time, there were no mating bites, which was slightly disappointing since they only added to the intensity of her experience. Rev had told her that Kerdim males only used their mating bite once.
Exhausted, they held each other while Rev kissed her hair and neck.
"Where do you have the energy for that," she said groggily. "I just want to sleep."
"If we are near each other, I should take every opportunity to touch and kiss you." he said.
She moved in closer and lay her head on his chest.
"Best pillow ever," she sighed.
She closed her eyes. As soon as she fell asleep, an alarm started ringing throughout the ship.
Tev's voice came over the intercom.
"Brother, come to the pilot's cabin!"
Rev grumbled and retrieved his clothes. Tracy watched his muscles ripple with appreciation as he pulled a shirt over his head.
She realized that at some point she had stopped thinking of Rev as "that green guy." He called her "mate." But what would she call him? Boyfriend hardly covered it. Mate sounded stiff and formal, and they weren't married so she couldn't call him husband.
A voice snapped her out of her reverie. "Get dressed, Tracy."
"Can't I sleep here?"
"Later. With all the danger around us, I want you with me at all times. Later you will sleep safely in my arms."
Tracy thought that she'd rather chance sleeping alone if it meant actually getting some sleep, but the look of resolve on Rev's face removed any further thoughts of protest from her mind. Tracy quickly got dressed. Together they walked forward to the pilot's cabin. What they saw made Rev stop in his tracks.
The face of Counselor Ja-Idin Du filled the screen. Counselor Du was the driving force trying to get Tracy returned to Earth, and was the reason Tracy and Rev had fled the Enforcement Wing.
"Tev, what has the Counselor told you?" Rev asked uneasily.
"I had to at least check in and report that you were safe. The Counselor has been enumerating the crimes you have been convicted of."
Tev whipped around in his seat. "Rev, would you like to explain your actions?" he said indignantly.
Rev moved forward to the empty pilot's chair. "I only did what I had to, brother. I may be convicted of crimes, but I assure you that there were good reasons behind my actions."
"Ar-Reven, there is no good reason for your acts of treason against the Enforcement Wing and the government." Ja-Idin said, "Be advised that-"
"I told you once already today where you could go. I don't feel the need to repeat myself," said Rev. He pressed a button on the console. Du's face dissolved from the screen.
"Rev!" protested Tev. "Is that any way to treat a Du counselor?"
"It's a perfectly acceptable way to treat that one. He tried to separate me and Tracy."
"For good reason, apparently. She is a non-aligned world sentient, right? You used your mating bite six times? Du says she's dangerous."
"Hey!" said Tracy. "I'm right here! You have a problem with me, not Rev. Don't you want to know the whole story before you pass judgment on your brother? In case you didn't know, he blew off his superiors to go looking for you when he was ordered not to. He thought you were in trouble. At one point he thought you were dead. Then you show up in a slaver's transport all chummy with the captain. What was that about, anyway?"
Tracy stood with her hands on hips and stared at Tev.
"Oh, yes," said Rev. "She's dangerous. Just not in the way the Counselor wants you to believe."
Tev stared at Tracy first, then slowly turned to Rev. A look of disbelief crept over his face.
"They really told you not to look for me?" Tev had lowered his voice to a whisper.
"More than told. They ordered me not to, actually."
"But I..." started Tev and then stopped. "I suppose it doesn't matter now, but I did send a message through command asking for your help. When you didn't come I assumed you engaged in another investigation."
"I got information you were last seen on Jaal's ship, but it wasn't from Command." Rev said bitterly.
"This is fucked up," said Tev. "And where does she fit into all this?"
"She's my mate."
"You've said that before, but saying so doesn't make it true."
"She bears my mark," Rev growled.
"You don't have to tell me what she bears," snapped Tev. "I smell you all over her. "
"Listen, big guy," said Tracy. "We're mated. That's it. Shouldn't you should be happy for your brother?"
"Listen, Tracy, don't speak about things which you know nothing about."
"Do not speak to her like that," said Rev.
"Are you insane? She's from a Non-Aligned world."
"Yes, she is."
"She's not Kerdim. She can't possibly understand how a mating binds a man and a woman."
"It matters not. When I met her, I knew her to be mine. I felt it in my soul. Until you experience that for yourself, you can not say anything about what binds us together."
Tev shook his head and turned away from Rev.
"Well, you are on the run now, and apparently so am I."
"You could always turn me in," said Rev sarcastically. "You were about to, right?"
"I like finding out all the information about a situation before I make a decision, Rev. You're my brother. Whatever affects you, affects me."
"I'm sorry about that," said Rev.
"I did enjoy being a tracker, but now that I'm aiding and abetting you that's out the window." Tev flashed Tracy a dirty look.
Tracy pursed her lips. It wasn't her fault all these things happened, she had been peacefully on Earth before she was forced into a world of aliens and spaceships.
"Maybe you can finally settle in at home and find your own mate," said Rev. "And for that you should thank Tracy. You know, she has saved my life multiple times. If it weren't for her, I'd have died on a desert planet far from home. So don't lay shit on her. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to rescue you from the wivers. I do assume you needed rescuing?"
"I wouldn't say that," said Tev.
Rev looked like he didn't believe him. "Oh really?"
Tev's face flushed. "My cover was wearing thin," he said reluctantly.
"I thought so," said Rev.
Tev sighed. "Well we are officially retired as trackers. There is only one place to go now, and that's home. I have no idea what we'll do when we get there, but we should call them with our happy news."
The image of an older Kerdim man appeared on the screen above the instruments in the pilot's cabin. Tracy thought that he looked distinguished, even handsome. He shared the same features as Rev and Tev, the shape of his face, eyebrows, and caramel-colored eyes. He smiled when he saw them.
Around him were green plants and flowers of every color. Behind the man were graceful pillars. Tracy thought he looked like he was in an extraterrestrial garden, standing on a porch.
"Sons!" he said, obviously happy to see his children.
"Father," both men said.
"I've not heard from either of you in a long time."
"We were working, father," said Rev.
"But we are coming home now," said Tev.
"Is there a problem? Or problems?" The man gave both younger men a penetrating stare.
"Have you heard from Counselor Ja-Idin Du?" asked Rev.
"Yes, and I heard the most incredible story."
Rev sucked in a breath.
"But we can discuss all that when you get ho-"
Rev's father didn't get to finish his sentence. There was a brilliant flash of light on the screen followed by the sound of an explosion, and Rev's father fell.
"Father!" both men yelled.
They watched helplessly as one explosion after another tore through the surrounding area. Screams and wails filled the air.
A woman ran in sight of the camera, crying and screaming.
"The emperor is dead. The emperor is dead." When she saw the father's body lying on the ground she wailed even louder.
"Prince Sev! Prince Sev! Oh gods, oh merciful gods."
The blood in both men's faces drained, but it was Rev that spoke. "Theris, what happened to Father?"
The woman heard the voice, but didn't know where it was coming from. She looked around until she spied the transmitter.
"Rev, Tev, oh gods, oh gods, they killed him too. I don't know who it was. I don't, " she wailed. "All I know is that they are dead. The whole royal family."
A final explosion cut through the air, and this time the transmission went dark.
Rev and Tev sat in shock.
Tracy moved forward and put her hand on Rev's shoulder.
"I'm sorry," she said.
The screen lit up once again. This time, the scarred face of Zywth filled the screen.
"I know you saw that. You're still on my ship. Don't you think I can pick up transmissions to and from it? What you saw was payback. You think you destroyed part of our operations on that desert world, but you don't know is how deep we are. Our people are on every major planet in the Aligned Worlds, and we will not stop until you and brother are dead. You will not escape us."
The screen went blank.
Rev shot up from the pilot's seat.
"Fuck!"
Rev was shaking with sorrow and rage. Tev sat in shock.
Tracy had nothing to say, and she did not know what to do. Her heart filled with anger against these criminals who caused so much suffering. It was bad enough that they kidnapped her and her friend Carol, submitting Carol to horrible genetic modifications, but these men would stop at nothing, killing a whole family to get revenge against a man who was only doing his job.
She wrapped her arms around Rev and held him as he shook. They both sat powerless together. In the small space, Tracy reached for Tev's shoulder and held her hand there. Finally Tev stood, and he joined Rev and Tracy, wrapping his arms around both of them. Standing there, crushed between both men, Tracy felt tears fall to her shoulders, and she wasn't sure whose they were.
Rev lifted his head. "We must get home quickly," he said his voice hoarse.
"Yes, yes, of course," said Tev. "They will need us."
"Who?" asked Tracy.
"The people of the Kerdos Empire. If the royal family in the palace are dead..."
Rev stopped, unable to say anything else, but Tracy understood. Rev and Tev were in the line of succession. If the Emperor and his family were dead, they stood to inherit the empire.
"Let's go then," she said gently. "It looks like there is work for you to do at home after all."
There was little to say on the journey to Kerdos. The brothers made themselves busy fixing things around the ship, and generally avoided interaction. Tracy sat behind the pilot's chair and dozed off.
Her dreams were filled with bizarre images. She found this happened when she didn't get the proper amount of sleep, and traveling with a couple of alien brothers wasn't doing any favors for her subconscious.
She couldn't describe the images when she woke, but the memories haunted her. She had definitely been through too much in recent days. The events she survived weren't on a top ten list of things to do while on vacation.
She was bound to be edgy and jumpy.
In the pilot's cabin, the screen above the controls was blank. Rev piloted the craft when necessary while Tev inspected the ship, looking for anything that would allow Zywth to monitor their transmissions.
"Where are you? Where are you?" he muttered in his frustration.
"Why is he doing that?" said Tracy.
"If Zywth can read our transmission he can also keep track our location," said Rev. "Tev is looking for anything unfamiliar that may be sending out information about us."
The thought caused Tracy to shiver. She took inventory of the aliens who had a grudge against her, and it was a big list already.
They seemed to have made enemies with the Aligned World's justice system, the powerful Du, and a criminal enterprise with its tentacles stretched into every corner of the Aligned Worlds. It seemed, quite literally, that the entire universe was against them.
A thought occurred to her. "Tev, how do you know Zywth has put a bug on this ship? Maybe his changes aren't in the hardware at all. He may have this vessel for a long time. Is it possible he changed the SOFTWARE so he can track us? Is there a software bug in here?"
The brothers looked at each other. "It's certainly possible. I'll add that on my list of things to check as soon as I'm done."